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People stay inside a shop as pro-independence activists burn garbage containers during a demonstration in Barcelona to mark 3rd anniversary of failed independence referendum, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. Hundreds of Catalan independence supporters took the streets of Barcelona Thursday evening to mark the third anniversary of a disputed independence referendum that challenged the Spanish government in Madrid and caused a national crisis. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)

Catalonia to hold Feb. 14 vote to choose new regional chief

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Catalan regional President Quim Torra gestures as he leaves the Spanish Supreme Court in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. Spain's Supreme Court is hearing closing arguments over whether to uphold or overturn the barring from public office of Catalonia's separatist-minded regional leader. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spain’s top court rules to remove Catalan chief from office

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, left, walks with Catalan regional President Quim Torra at the Moncloa palace in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. Spain's prime minister and the leader of Catalonia are opening formal talks Wednesday in hopes of resolving the festering political crisis provoked by the region's separatist movement. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Spain opens talks with Catalonia over separatist conflict

By BERNAT ARMANGUE and JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, left, shakes hands with Catalan regional President Quim Torra at the Palace of the Generalitat, the headquarter of the Government of Catalonia, in Barcelona, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spanish government to begin talks with Catalania this month

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Catalan President Quim Torra, foreground and right, is applauded by members of his party at the Parliament of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. The Catalan regional parliament is stripping the president of the prosperous but troubled northeastern region of his lawmaker's seat because he disobeyed Spain's strict rules on election propaganda. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Catalan regional chief faces loss of parliamentary seat

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, May 20, 2019 file photo, the leader of the Catalonian ERC party Oriol Junqueras leaves after collecting his credentials at the Spanish parliament in Madrid, Spain. A legal adviser at the EU's highest court said on Tuesday Nov. 12, 2019, that it should be down to the European Parliament, and not to Spain, to decide whether jailed Catalan leader Oriol Junqueras can serve as a European lawmaker. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

Spain rocked by rulings that renew questions over Catalonia

By LORNE COOK and CIARAN GILES - Associated Press

Catalan regional president Quim Torra walks at the Palace of the Generalitat, the headquarters of the Government of Catalonia, ahead of an interview with The Associated Press in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. The leader of Catalonia says that the massive protests that have often spiraled into violent clashes with police this week won't cease until the Spanish government accepts to listen to separatists' demands. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

AP Interview: Catalan head says only talks can stop protests

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, May 14, 2018 file photo, newly appointed Catalan president Quim Torra, center, holds a yellow ribbon in support of Catalonian politicians who have been jailed on charges of sedition, at the end of a parliamentary vote session in Barcelona, Spain. Prosecutors in Spain said in a statement Wednesday March 27, 2019, they are bringing charges of disobedience against Catalan regional president Quim Torra after he allegedly failed to comply with orders from the country’s electoral board. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Spain prosecutors target Catalan chief in disobedience case

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Catalan yellow ribbon protest intrudes into Spanish election

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In this Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 photo, Catalan regional president Quim Torra speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, at the Palace of Generalitat or Catalan government headquarters, in Barcelona, Spain. Catalonia separatist leader says that the Spanish government's bid to pass a national budget is doomed unless the wealthy northeastern region is allowed to hold a referendum on secession from the rest of the country. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Catalan separatists threaten to nix Spanish govt budget

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

Anti-independence supporters take part during a protest against Catalan secession in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018. A few thousand Spaniards are marching in Barcelona in favor of national unity and against the separatist movement in northeastern Catalonia. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Catalonia separatists seek break with Spain, Barcelona shutdown threatened

By Martin Arostegui — Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 18, 2018 file photo, former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont attends a meeting with lawmakers of his party, Junts per Catalunya (Together for Catalonia), in Berlin, Germany. A Spanish Supreme Court judge has dropped his extradition requests for six Catalan separatist politicians wanted on rebellion charges. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn,file)

Ex-Catalan chief Puigdemont returns to Belgium from Germany

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